{"id":6765,"date":"2017-09-07T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=6765"},"modified":"2017-09-07T13:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T13:13:40","slug":"some-private-medical-schools-obliged-to-close-and-others-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/some-private-medical-schools-obliged-to-close-and-others-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"Some private medical schools obliged to close and others suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The ministry of health has decided to close three medical schools and suspend others. It says those schools are closed to improve the quality of education in health sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6767\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6767\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6767\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Param\u00e9dicale-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"GSP, one of the medical schools closed\" width=\"413\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Param\u00e9dicale-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Param\u00e9dicale-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Param\u00e9dicale.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GSP, one of the medical schools closed<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Three schools operating in Bujumbura namely Medical institute of Bujumbura known as ITEM, Paramedical school group (GSP) and Salama medical school have been closed. 17 others are not allowed to register new students in different sections. The ministry of health says the decision has been taken for the well-being of the population.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson for the ministry of health, Dr Thadd\u00e9e Ndikumana, says the decision was taken after inspections and three meetings with those schools\u2019 representatives. \u201cHealth sector is a very sensitive domain, we have to be strict.<\/p>\n<p>The closed schools were not officially registered\u201d, he said adding that other schools are not allowed to enrol students in the first classes. Those schools are suspended because of the lack of qualified teachers, materials and adapted classes for practice.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of the schools deplore the decision to close them. They say there should be consultations between the ministry and schools\u2019 representative for a better solution for all. \u201cI don\u2019t oppose the ministry\u2019s decision but it should have been communicated to us before. The ministry came here for investigation but gave us no feedback. We don\u2019t know what we were reproached for. We saw it on social media,\u201d said Am\u00e9d\u00e9e Cishako, headmaster of GSP.<\/p>\n<p>He says his school has appropriate materials and has been working for 17 years. He wonders whether his students will be able to find good schools where they can continue their studies.<\/p>\n<p>About the medical students whose schools are closed, Thadd\u00e9e Ndikumana advises them to enrol in other working schools. As for the question of probable shortage of places, he says schools\u2019 representatives should contact national health administration for a better solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ministry of health has decided to close three medical schools and suspend others. It says those schools are closed to improve the quality of education in health sector. Three schools operating in Bujumbura namely Medical institute of Bujumbura known as ITEM, Paramedical school group (GSP) and Salama medical school have been closed. 17 others [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,670],"tags":[108,229],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6765"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6770,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765\/revisions\/6770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}